Made on a 2mm Stainless Steel armature the rim is composed of 32 octagonal pieces of Indian rosewood, the two inner layers of eight pieces each are secret dowelled thro the S/S, then the two outer layers cover the dowels. All are epoxy glued so the wheel is very strong.Indian Rosewood is on the CITES list so normally cannot be used but this wood..
Really good early steering wheel. Probably French as it came from there recently and is of French Walnut I believe.355mm diameter (c.14") on a three spoke aluminium armature with a tapered central hole 30mm -25mm. Dished 50mm. The walnut was all detached when it arrived and has all been cleaned of old glue and the woodworm annihilated ..
Austin Seven Competition History: The Cars and Those Who Drove Them, 1922 -1939 Hardcover – Sep 2006byB. Canning Brown (Author) Hardcover: 375 pagesPublisher: Twincam Ltd; First Edition edition (Sept. 2006)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0955407400ISBN-13: 978-0955407406Product Dimensions: 31.2 x 21.8 x 3.4 cm